Preserving-jar.



I. B. NORTHROP.

PRESERVING JAR APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13, 1914.

1,191,028. Patented July 11, 1916.

.BJVorihro P I J'GHN 13;. NORTHROP, OF FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.

PRESERVING-JAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 'Jul 11, 1916.

Application filed March 13, 1914. Serial 0. 824,402.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN B. Noarnnor, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Smith, in the county of Sebastian and State of Arkansas, have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in Preserving-Jars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it' appertains to make and ,use the same.

This invention relates to preserving containers and more particularly to a fruit jar for preserving various kinds of fruit or vegetables.

An object of this invention is the provision of a preserving jar as specified, which has a removable cover of non-corrosive material which is held in fluid tight engagement with the mouth of the jar by a resilientfmember and a lever carried thereby for binding abutment against the outer surface of the cover tobind the same upon the ar. 1 Another object of this invention is the provision of a non-corrosive cover for the preserving jar which is provided with a centrally located vent opening, which open ing is closed by a pliable disk held in engagement therewith by the lever, when the jar is sealed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings andclaimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of ref-- erence designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved preserving jar. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the upper end of a fruit jar showing the cover for the mouth of the same held thereon by the lever and resilient bail member, and Fig. 3 is a central sectional view, through Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals,

' 1 designates a preserving jar or container,

such as is commonly employed for the canning or preserving of venous fruits and vegetables, and the ar is preferably con;

structed of glass as is common in the practice, having an annular flange 2 formed thereon adjacent the mouth or open end of the same. The flange 2 has a rubber washer 3,1'nounted upon the upper edge of the same, which washer is engaged by the lower edge fl of the annular depending rim 5, which 1s formed upon the cover 6. The cover 6-is provided with an opening -7 which opening is centrally located in the cover and extends entirely therethroughforming an air vent for the interior of the jar. A Wire 10 is mounted about the outer surface of the neck of the jar 1 directly below the lower edge of the flange 2, and it has lugs 11 and 12 carried thereby and disposed diametrically opposite each other upon the jar. The lugs 11 and 12 have a resilient bail member 1+1 connected thereto. The bail member 14 has its ends seated within openings in the lugs 11 and 12 and passes upwardly along,

the jar body, and laterally across the'top of the cover, having a lever 15 slidably and pivotally mounted upon the straight portron 16 which extends diametrically across the cover 6. The lever 15 hasits surface-17 shaped to conform to the configuration of the outer surface of the-cover 6, .so as to lie in abutting engagement therewith when in a locking position as is indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The lever 15 has an enlargement 18 formed upon its end which is pivotally mounted upon the bail member 14 which enlargement is disposed eccentricallv of the pivotal point of the lever so as to administer a downward binding engagement upon the cover 6 when the lever is actuated downwardly. The engaging edge of the enlargement 18 is curved and arranged to produce the greatest pressure when the lever isin its locked position. The enlargement 18 of the lever '15 is positioned directly above the rent 7, when the lever is in a locking position, and the pliable washer'19 is securely held inserted between the face of the lug 18 and the upper face of the cover 6 forming a closure for the vent 7 by thedownward pressure of the enlargement.

The vent 7 is provided in the lid of the jar so that after the fruit or vegetables have been put into the jar, the cover can be mounted upon the jar and the latter reheated in a steamer or other suitable heatthrough the vent opening, which heating will destroy allspores contained within the fruit, preventing acid decomposition and mg means until steam issues from the jarthe venorntion of gas, which often destroys the fruit and breaks the jar. Furthermore the vent opening will permit the ingress of uir into the jar, when the lever is actuated,

ii for relouoing the binding engagement therebetween uncl the cover, and permit of the ezicsyreiuoval of the cor from the jar.

iii proctieal fields certain minor features oi oonstruotion may necessitate alterations 10 to which the putoutee is entitled provided such alterations are comprehended Within the scope of What is claimed.

The corrihiimtion with jar provided on its exterior below its mouth with an annular flange; ilooror fitted on the mouth oi. the jar lll'fll irnwidecl with a tlepemliog peripir oral flange extending downwardly on the oriiirrior of the jar to the said flange thereoil swirl rover hoiugg" provided in ito outer fil-Ll iiiiljnceiit to its periphery with an illiiular groove and having at its center a. relatively largo rent opening, it boil connected with the jar anti extending over the cover, an elostio Washer arranged on the oezutor of the cover and the rent opening and :1 locking lever pivotally mounted on, the bail and. having an ecceutrieully arranged head presenting a curred face to the Washer 

